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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-04-02, Page 2PAGE 2 -LIN TUN NEWS -RECORD THURS., APRIL 2, 1942 ue Geranium y DO .,AN BIFt.KLEY the morning,' the wealthy Mrs. Rodman (Nina) Arkwright: is found murdered > in a shower room of the swimming pool at a resort hotel in California, Her body 'is discovered by the janitor Mac. Those at the pool at the time are: -Janet Cooper, swimming teacher; Joel Markham, young, .chemist, who was recently heard saying that Nina deserved kill- ing; Kay Feldman, her niece, who will inherit her money; Adele Kramer, ex- wife of her husband; Bobbie Oreille, rich but unattractive girl who's an- xious to marry; and. Jack Seyfert, the The Clinton News -Record -with which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSGRIPTION $1,.50 per year in advance, to Can- adian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or other foreign countries. No paper discontinued until ail arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub- lisher. 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The police, headed by Captain Loring, be- lieve the murder weapon was a fire ax, which is mis'sin'g and place. the time of death. at 10 o'clock. When Loring gathers e group together for questioning, a waiter,. George, who was ou duty on the hotel'teir.•ace that morning, states that he saW Adele leaving the pool at 10. Loring asks whether ;elle could have had an ax. hidden under,her• dress. When George says no, Adele faints. CHAPTER VII It was Kay, quick but composed, who first reached Adele. "Sire's really uncons'eious!'? Kay ex - 'claimed, as though she bad thought Adele might be putting on an act. Loring lifted Adele' and put her into •a chair. "You should know better than that," Kay said, "We'll have to get her head down,• get the blood -back into it." Mac said, "There's a place they call a powder room through the other door there"—he pointed to the far end of the room—"and there's a couch in it." Loring was hoisting. Adele again, preparing to take her to the powder room, when she stirred; and took 11er. head from against iris shoulder. Her eyes opened slowly. "I'm all right. Just . . let the sit still for a minute." Janet thought. She's afraid to be taken away, afraid something might be said which she needs to hear. Kay said, "George, get • her a brandy. Adele, put your head down on the table. And sit still." Adele moaned but did as Kay com- manded. The rest, except for George, who went for the drink, resumed their seats, though Janet could sense the unease that had come over them. One of their group had cracked en- der the strain of suspicion. tI was as if each of diem saw, himself or herself in Adele's, 'shoes. Loring snapped them out of it with an abrupt question for Mac. "McLeod', you say that you too saw Miss Kramer leaving the pool about ten, just after you had some down. Now do you remember whether she was carrying anything?" Mac scratched his head. ,"I • can't rightly say. She ducked out mighty quick, mighty like she didn't want to be seen." "What do you meat by that?" Loring demanded, "Just the way she acted," said Mac. George came in at that moment and offered Adele a glass of brancly on a tray. She raised her Face long enough to let the liquid run down her throat, then put her head back on the table. George was for leaving again with the empty glass, but Loring stopped ]ills. "The glass can wait, I want to go on with the people you saw leaving the pool this morning. You said that there were two. Who way the other one?" George put the tray down on the table with an air of reluctance.. "The second one was a man." "Well? Go on. What kind of a man?" "Not a guest here. He had bright- ied hair, He was tall, fairly heavy, anti he had on horn -rimmed glasses," Adele's fingers twitched .against her face. Kay was sitting forward. • Loring asked, 'What . about his clothes?„ . "He wore brown slacks and a polo shirt." "Any bundle, coat, or sweater over his. arm?" • "No, nothing." "He could have had the fire ax insid'e'the leg of his trousers, tied in there somehow," Loring said, as if thinking alpine "Not that, either," George slid phos ptly.' "Just after he came out of the gate to the pool and; before he went off around, the tennis courts, he knelt, down and tied his shoelace: You couldn't do that with an ax in Your pants." Loring nodded. "That's right, Now —a point I've got to be sure of-. this man left the pool after Miss Kramer did?" "Dill I say that?" "You spoke of him as the second person to leave." "I meant in point of importance," George ,said smugly. Loring's face reddened, You mean he left before Mies Kramer?" • Quite a bit before. At about nine thirty." "And what do you mean about im• - portance?'" Loring demanded, "Miss Kramer is a guest of the hotel. Naturally, she . is ..ef much greater importance than;'•same stran, ger .wandering about the grounds;" "Oh, lord!" Lorilug groaned .Adele lifted' her lace off the table. "That was Rodman Arkwright. Loring perked round. "You're talk- ing about this fellow who came out of the pool enclosure ?"• "Yes, It must have been. He has • I, ANADiAN_NATIONAL RAIiWAYS TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderieb Div.: Going East, depart 6.43 a.m. Going "East, depart 3.00 p.m. Going West, depart . 11.45 a.m. Going West, depart 9.50 pan. London—Clinton Skiing South sr. 2.30, leave 3.08 p.nt. bright -red hair. He wears horn- rimmed glasses, he's tall and rather heavy -set. Aincl he—he has a funny habit of tying his shoelaces every so often." Loring quickly got out of his .chair wen to the door, and 'stepped out in- to the.hall. There must have been a detective waiting there, b'eeause a muttered conversation could be heard. by those in the room. • Then Loring corns back and sat down. "A.11 right Miss' Krasner. Thanks far the, tip. You're sure Mr. Ark- wright wasn't about when you went down to the pool at ten?" "No of course he wasn't." Loring tapped the notes C'oreoran had made. "Arkweight and• you were formerly married?" "Yes. For the year before he met Nina." "Did she break up ' your' mar- riage?" .A. bitter' litre drew itself . about Adele's lips. • For an blatant, Janet thought that she was about to. pour forth the hatred she had felt to- ward Nina. - Instead, she controlled herself and said, We parted by mutual consent." "Had you seen• him recently?" "Non Kay put my "Rodman is supposed to be in New York. My aunt had a letter from him this week, mailed from there. He must have flown out.' "What sort of relations was thole between him and Mrs. Arkwright?" Loring asked. "Rotten," , said Kay. "They had quarreled and separated months ago. Lately, she found out that he was in- terested in ,a girl in New York, a stenographer in his office. He had asked Nina for a divorce so he -could marry again" "And what had Mrs. Arkwright said?" "She was willing if the settlement were made to her satisfaction:" "Didn't she have a great deal of money of her own?" Kay •shrugged. "She was always willing to acquire more," "She must have had an engage- ment to meet her husband this morning," Loring said thoughtfully. "If she had', she didn't mention it to me," Kay replied. (TO BE CONTINUED) (The characters in this serial are fictitious) WOMEN CLOGMAKERS REMEMBER Their Skill at, the Bench in 1914-1918 Answering Four Questions Most )ften Asked About Conditions in Britain Women who, as young girls, 'made clogs for Britain's factories. in the last war are today returning to work alongside their sons and daughters at the benches. There they are mak- ing heavy protective footwear for munitions factories, steel works and: all kind f industrial S o i I concerns. More important than ever, now that the loss. of Malaya means less rubber for gumboots, Britain's• pres- ent production' of 50,000 clogs a week can . be steppedup to 100,000 without adding' to existing plant. And the raw .materials need no shipping space much of the leather comes from Britain's cattle herd's the wood from the beechwoodt of the Chilterns, and the iron tips and nails from the foun- dries of the Midlands. The dogs- aro very different from the all -wooden Continental sabot. Built up 'care- fully and ,skilfully like a heavy boot, some times, with felt linings for com- fortable wear, they are clogs only so far as the sole is made of shaped beecliwood, the best material for the purpose. Resisting heat, cold, water, molten metal and glass and injurious chemicals, they are psuch better than, leather -soled boots, which would' orack or pe'r'ish under such conditions. they last longer and: are quite 30 per cent cheaper than rubber. Queen Anne is dead, but not a clog factory during her reign which made footwear for the soldiers of Marl- borough and has, the same family re- presented on its boards as do 1703. Standing opposite' the "blitzed" ruins of Bow Church, London, the men and women working there toddy are turn - mg m out r 10 g ove • 0ons of c 1 P cgs a week y each for explosives works, ooilieriee, chemical gas and electrical works, bottling and canning factories, steel rolling mills, laundries, railway work- shops,stables, . garages, glassworks, dairies, breweries, -distilleries, oil re- fineries and so on, • You Roll Them 8:effer With OGDENScuT CIGARETTE TOBACCO This is the 13th of a series of 18 articles on conditions in Great Britain in wartime ,written exclusively for the weekly newspapers of Canada by ]ugh Templin, 'cif the Fergus News Record, Having completed the first dozen stories in this series, perhaps I should take time this week ,to answer 'the questions most often asked me •since I oame back to' Canada. I shall isot attempt to answer thein all of course, but only four of those which seem the most important and which are most frequently asked.. WHAT CHANGES IS TUE WAR MAIiING IN GREAT BRITAIN This was my first visit to England] and therefore I cannot answer from my own experience, but among my fellow- travellers were several who had been born in the British Isles; or had visited then on ,several oc- casions. During •my stay isu England I' met people of all classes. My hosts included titled persons of various degrees of prominence and rank. 1 travelled' by myself when time per- mitted( and met and talked with people of all classes. I•wandered away from the group to talk to people who were working in their gardens, to the men and women running ma'ehinery in the factories. I met many former Canadians now living in England. It seems to• be unanimously agreed that the changes in Britain have al- ready been great; that more are still to come, and that things can never he the same again as they were be- fore the war began. A great levelling process is taking place. Money is of little use if it cannot buy luxuries. Rationing- ap- plies to all. No matter how many suits of clothes a man had before the war, he can buy only the same num- ber now as the humblest laborer. True the quality will be better, but even that distinction tends to disappear. During mora than three weeks in London, I saw only two young hien dressed in formal evening clothes, not 'counting the waiters in the hotel. These two were in an underground station and they were drunk. They were pointed out to me as a bad ex- ample by a constable. Yet in the days before the war, a Canadian cabinet minister was refused adinise sion to the dining room in the hotel where I stayed because he was not in evening clothes. An incident happened during my stay in Britain that shows the Ger- mans have no idea what a change they have wrought in England. One night they dropped a .spy by para- chute. Evidently, he expected to move in society. • He ryas dressed in tails. and his outfit was complete even, to white spats. The outfit marked him at once, and he had the further mis- fortune to drop in a mud puddle and spoil his spats. He was picked up be- fore he had time to hide the small wireless transmitter he married'. His clothes cost him his life. Even then, pleasure travel in auto- mobiles was limited to the distance one could go on three gallons a month, Since then, it,has been pro- hibited. While I was in England, the distincton between first and third classes for railway travel was abol- ished and there is now only one class. Rich and poor suffered alike in the bombing. That, perhaps, did more to break down distinctions than any- thing else. Everybody physically able to do so must take a turn at fire -watching. It is ' said that income and other taxes amount almost to conscription of wealth. I cannot say whether that is true, but it is obvious that wealth' can no longer obtain many luxuries, and a -great levelling process has been taking place. Audi' did not hear any complaints about it. IS RATIONING OF FOOD AND CLOTHING FAIR T,O' ALL? This question _ can be answered without hesitation, I do not see how rationing restriction could be more fairly applied. There are a ;few loop- holes, but these are not important. An honest effort is made to see that everyone gets equal privilges. Food allowances of all rationed, staple foods are alike for rich and poor. No amount of influence can get any more. The British people areob- viously not starving, but I do not thing they, really` get enough to eat. At least, a Canadian feelsthe sudden change in diet. Take butter, for instance. No mat- ter where ,one eats, the allowanceis the same ,two ounces a week. That allows a slice about the size and thicknessofa quarter for each meal. It will not butter half a roll. On Sun- day morndng I showed the family the butter allowance for one meal" I used six of : them, or two d'ayis' ration, on one slime of hot toast. It is hard to find anything for breakfast in Britain. I never ate an egg while I was there. (The ration is two eggs a month per person in the London district.) • In fact, I saw only one person eating an egg in al- most a month, There are no packaged cereals. They come from Canadaand are too bulky to ship. Oatmeall could be obtained occasionally when oris could get milkwith it. The sugar ration is one-third the new Canadian ration. Fried tomatoes' seemed to he the .staple breakfast food last fall, sometimes. with one slice of fat bac- on. Meat is severely rationed. The al- lowance ie 'linked by the price paid, one shilling ,tuppence, a week per person, That would mean a roast on Sunday and slrepherdrs pie once or twice on following days. There are two exceptions. Game and offal are not rationed. At the hotels' one ate uneationed meat—venison rabbit pie, grouse, chicken, guinea fowl—or such things as, tripe, sweetbreads and headcheese. English sausages are amazing things'. They look like sausages but taste like nothing on. earth. I tried them twice the sec- ond time to see if they could possibly be as bad as I thought they were the first time. There was no irn- provement. Bread and vegetables were not rationed. With so many growing their own vegetables last year, and with a favorable season, there was no scarcity of vegetabes. I saw oranges for sale.once. They were for children only. Stores were busy but I never saw a queue lined up to buy food, al- though there were line-ups in the early mornings where cigarettes were sold, three to a customer. WHAT TO SEND IN PARCELS OF FOOD TO BRITAIN What is Bent to Canadian soldiers in Britain is largely a matter of in- dividual preference. The weight al lowanci is liberal and there are few restrictions. An officer at Canadian Arnsy Headquarters in London sug- gests butter, sugar, marmadale, friut juice (all cans); razor blades, gar- ters' and braces. Another suggests candy, particularly chocolate. I asked many soldiers what they- would like and got few other suggestions. They seemed -to be well supplied with cig- arettes though there were many com- plaints about cigarettes going astray. I imagine that it is not so much what is in parcels for soldiers that counts, so much as the fact that they are sent regularly. They like to know that the people back home have not forgetter theism . Parcels for civilians in Britain must be chosen carefully. The weight limit is five pounds, including , the - wrapping and package. There are some restrictions about the number of packages which may be sent and the contents. If the parcels does not 1. t •i rei id's 9111 el 0 1. t l' 9393, inti ri Oi l.1 se l;3f. ii S ii. kl; { . int 1:' 4' 9l :i` • Your C -I -L Paint Dealer.is more than a salesman of paints and brushes. Ask his advice whenever you have a paint or repair job to do. You'll find he has . a score of useful suggestions to help you do the job better at less expense. Like C -I -L Quality Paints, he can help you ,]reserve and protect your home. See him if you plan to "fix -up" this Spring. t: Before you paint, see how the job will look in a thousand different colour combinations ... with the Cd -L 1942 Colour Styling Book. 99 actually painted colour sheets (9^2t 12^) canbe visualized through 10 separate transparent Four Colour overlays of homes. Sutter *It Perdue az-z9 C -I -L PAINTS FOR LASTING PROTECTION comply with the restrictions, it will not be delivered. The person to whom it is consigned will be notified, 'but the contents will be turned over to some organization. That is worse than not sending a parcel at all. Civilians in Britain appreciate the parcels sent them even more than the boys in the Armed Services. They are more in need of the extra food. A Pound of butter received frons Can- ada. for instance, doubes the ration for one person: for two months. There is a definite rule that no person in Britain may write to ask that food be sent, but you can be sure it will be welcomed. I asked Many civilians what they would, like most, if parcels were sent then from Canada. Invariably butter headed the list, It can be bought in cans. I heard of one old lady who re- coived-a two -pound tin of butter from Canada. Sire called the neighbors in to see it. The local paper heard the story and printed it. Two mouths later she still had her butter un- opened, a treasure beyond price. Not more than two pounds of any one substance may be sent in a five - pound parcel. Do not send clothing. The person who receives it will be forced to give up clothing coupons, well possibly have to pay duty as well. Don't send cigarette to civilians either since the duty is high. Tea is not so scarce as generally supposed. Foods generally mentioned, besides butter, were: canned meats, particu- larly ham products, fruit 'concentrates in tins cheese peanut butter, vitamin. B1 tablets. If you: are sending to a lady, put in a few hairpins bobby pins or safety pins. They are unbelievably scarce in Britain.. And it is said that younger ladies might like a lip -stick. ARId MANY CANADIAN SOLDIERS MARRYING BRITISH, GIRLS? ... Perhaps this is a subject that I should not discuss. .It 'seems' that I ticklish one. One of the other editors on the trip wrote about it in a wo- man's, magazine and created quite a (Continued on page 3) Hungry For News People who have lived in Clinton but are now living elsewhere, are always interested in what is happening "back home.' Your local newspaper tells thein more in one is- sue than would or could be told in a dozen letters. Your local. newspaper goes regularly and act- ually cost's less than a letter a week, when postage, stationery and time are considdred. Your local newspaper cost'only $1.50 a year to any address in Canada, $2.00 to the United States. SEND YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER Clinton News -Record To That Absent Friend or Relative